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NASA Moon launch to attract up to 400,000 visitors

Up to 400,000 visitors are expected to flock to the Florida coast on Saturday, hoping to catch a glimpse —…

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Pilot, who threatened to crash plane into Walmart in US, lands in field after running out of fuel, arrested

Plane involved in Mississippi Walmart threat, in which the pilot threatened to “intentionally crash into Walmart” on West Main in…

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Last Soviet leader buried without state pageantry

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was put to rest in a Moscow ceremony without the pageantry…

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Double celebration: Two-headed tortoise Janus turns 25

Angelica Bourgoin strokes the shell of Janus the tortoise, whispering to him quietly as he scuttles in his pen and…

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Russia to bury Gorbachev, darling of the West, with a shrug

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader beloved of the West who lived long enough to see all the reforms he had…

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Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns from exile

Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the country Friday, an airport official said, seven weeks after he…

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US approves $1.1 billion in arms for Taiwan, angering China

The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island’s defenses…

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Shock, anger after assassination attempt on Argentine VP Kirchner

Messages of shock and solidarity poured in from around the world Friday after a man tried to shoot Argentine Vice…

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FBI found Top Secret documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home

In a raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property last month, agents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized 33…

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Top cleric among 18 killed in Afghanistan mosque blast

A suicide bomber struck one of western Afghanistan’s biggest mosques Friday, killing at least 18 people including an influential imam…

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